Strong Stale Beer Catchup

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (10)
catchup
serving suggestion
Instructions (4)
  1. Cover all this close, and let it simmer till it is half wasted, then strain it through a flannel bag, let it stand till it is quite cold, then bottle it.
  2. You may carry it to the Indies.
  3. A spoonful of this to a pound of fresh butter melted, makes fine fish-sauce: or in the room of gravy-sauce.
  4. The stronger and staler the beer is, the better the catchup will be.
Original Text
TAKE a gallon of strong stale beer, one pound of anchovies washed from the pickle, a pound of shalots peeled, half an ounce of mace, half an ounce of cloves, a quarter of an ounce of whole pepper, three or four large races of ginger; two quarts of the large mushroom-flaps rubbed to pieces. Cover all this close, and let it simmer till it is half wasted, then strain it through a flannel bag, let it stand till it is quite cold, then bottle it. You may carry it to the Indies. A spoonful of this to a pound of fresh butter melted, makes fine fish-sauce: or in the room of gravy-sauce. The stronger and staler the beer is, the better the catchup will be.
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